Leonard Everett Fisher
23) The Oregon Trail
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Charts the journey of those who followed the Oregon Trail in the first half of the nineteenth century, describes the obstacles and dangers they encountered, and discusses the Trail's eventual decline with the introduction of the cross-country railroad.
24) The Wailing Wall
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Surveys the history of the Jewish people in Palestine and their activities around the First and Second Temples the site of which is now marked by the Western or Wailing Wall, with an emphasis on events before 70 A.D.
25) The blacksmiths
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Introduces the history of blacksmithing and discusses the techniques, products, well-known blacksmiths, and commercial importance of this trade in colonial America.
29) The weavers
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Presents background information on cloth making in the colonies and describes the various techniques involved.
30) The printers
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Surveys the history of printing in colonial America, describing the work of the early printers, the development of the free press, and the printer's craft and technique.
31) Gutenberg
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A biography of the fifteenth-century German printer who revolutionized printing with the invention of movable type.
34) The shipbuilders
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Traces the history of shipbuilding in the American colonies and describes each step in the building of an eighteenth-century ship.
36) The White House
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A history of the White House and its inhabitants from 1790, when a site for the new capital was chosen, to the present day.
40) Celebrations
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A collection of poems on the holidays of the year, from New Year's Day through Martin Luther King Day, Passover, Labor Day, Halloween, and others, to Christmas Eve.